Adam Ruins the Wild West

Adam Conover / Sunday, November 27, 2016, 6:00am

Saddle up for a wild ride through history as Adam reveals how prostitutes actually helped settle the West, why the all-American cowboy is a myth and who (or what) was the real hero of the West. Here are his sources, pardner.

Sources

“Frontier towns were industrial economies, where people came to mine or herd cattle. And many required visitors to check their firearms upon entering.”